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Ian Musgrave & Peta O'Donohue
<reynella@mira.net> to ian.musgrave
More options 10:29(12 hours ago)
G'Day All
Things have been pretty quiet recently, but on the morning of
Thursday, November 9 will be a rare transit of Mercury across the
Sun. Eastcoasters will see the entire event, central states will see
the Sun rise with the transit underway, and western Australians will
see the transit start from midway.As this is the last observable for
32 years from Australia, it's worthwhile having a look.
Full details of timings, safe observing tip and techniques and webcam
locations for those clouded out are at
http://home.mira.net/%7Ereynella1/as...y/trans_06.htm
Remember, NEVER look directly at the Sun, you will damage your eyes.
The transit is best observed using a telescope with safe projection
proceedures, but binocular projection will work as well (see above
site). There are some good Sunspots at the moment, so you can test
your projection setup on them,
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/syn...i_sunspots.jpg
Also coming up, the Leonid meteor shower on the morning of the 19th
Cheers! Ian
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